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Recipes from the nutrition seminar
Bacon, spinach & mushroom casserole from Courtney Roth: This is a very simple dish all prepared in a single casserole and using some traditional favorites like bacon and mushrooms. Spinach brings everything together and helps create a very filling and savory dish. The rendered bacon grease created during the cooking process will help cook and give ...Feb 03 -
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Paul Estrada
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May announcements and Staying classy at Elysium!
Gonna go threw a few announcements and things to bring up for the Elysium community. First off if you haven’t heard about or read about the gym competition we are having in June yet, you should go here to read about it and then go mark your calendar. A small announcement that some of you have probably already noticed, is that we no ...May 13 -
Another post about sharing a lifting station
A while back I wrote a blog post called “Sharing a rack like a boss”. You can re-read it . I want to bring it up again based on some observations that I have made lately, especially since classes have been getting busier. As you know, we usually have a barbell-based strength move for the beginning of class. And as you may have noticed, it is ge ...May 02 -
Bring your A game
Tomorrow is our testing day for the back squat cycle. Many of you have been coming in on schedule working on the program. Hitting the heavy days and the pause squat days. Those were the training days. Tomorrow is the "game day." The question isn't, IF you are stronger.The question is, HOW much stronger. When you show up tomorrow, you need to be ...May 02 -
Stepping up your training
So this is something I have been thinking of for a little bit of time now and I decided to bring it up. Around Elysium we are starting to develop more and more strong & fast people. This past round of the CrossFit Open was fun. I got to watch many people set new records and perform beyond what they expected for themselves. As well, it was great to ...Apr 24 -
When to take a rest day.
I was coaching a few people the other day on when to take a rest day and one of them said there are probably other people who could use some info on when to rest. I thought it was a good point so I wanted to take a moment to throw some knowledge at you. Coach L wrote an awesome article on recovery a while back, if you haven't seen it you should che ...Apr 13 -
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Leon Chang
Co-owner of CrossFit Elysium in San Diego. An M.D. specializing in Anesthesiology and Clinical Director for UCSD Dept of Anesthesia. Other than CrossFit, Leon's interests include gambling, music and soccer.
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Upcoming CrossFit Elysium Team Competition June 10th!
We will be hosting another intra-gym competition on June 10th! Here’s your opportunity to participate and compete with and alongside your fellow Elysium members in a team format. The last time we did something like this was a blast, and this year promises to be even better. Here are some of the details- Date/time: June 10th, TBD but likely from ...May 06 -
Coach L's wrap up of cycle 1, and explanation of the next training cycle
The back squat and muscle up cycle is wrapping up this week. Coach P and I are excited to see just how many of you are going to smash your old PRs. We also have already had FIVE of you achieve your first muscle up this month, with a few more very close and many people who already had muscle ups showing improvement as well. People who have gotten ...May 01 -
CrossFit Elysium April announcements
Hi everyone! We've got some exciting changes and announcements in store for April! Britt is great about using the online signup system. Are you?1. Online signups-PLEASE continue to use the online mindbody signup system. We want to preserve the small classes and personal coaching that make us unique in San Diego. As such, enforcing our class cap i ...Apr 01 -
Reminders- CrossFit Elysium class caps, online sign ups and parking
Hi everyone! As we continue to expand and welcome additional members into our ranks, I wanted to remind everyone of some general “good citizenship” tips which will make everyone’s experience at CrossFit Elysium better. 1. Class reservations-We have a class cap of 12. The vast majority of our classes will allow for 8 spots to be reserved up to o ...Mar 17 -
Yelp sucks!
I hate Yelp. I’m not alone. This post will be very low content in terms of fitness and training. I freely admit this is a rant, but I was thinking about this the other day and thought to myself, “you know, Yelp has screwed us (CrossFit Elysium) and a few other businesses over that I know of. Why not tell things like they are?” Maybe some good will ...Mar 13 -
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